Rio 2016: 5 players outside the Big Four to look out for

#3. Jo Wilfried Tsonga

The Frenchman has been in decent form lately

The tall Frenchman first rose to fame on making the final of the 2008 Australian Open where he lost to Novak Djokovic and has been one of the best players beyond the Big Four ever since. Tsonga will be a dark horse ahead of the Olympics and will be looking to be the first male French tennis player to win a singles medal since Arnaud Di Pasquale in 2000.The current World No.10 had a decent outing at the London Olympics where he reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual semifinalist Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Expectations will be high from the offensive baseliner mainly because of his good performance at hard courts where he reached his only Grand Slam Final till date and has won 14 of his 18 wins against the Big Four; not to forget his good showing at Wimbledon where he reached the quarter-finals before losing to Andy Murray in five sets.Tsonga’s fast serve combined with his solid groundstrokes makes him a very dangerous opponent and he will be relying on these strengths to put up a good showing at Rio 2016 and add to his silver medal which he earned in the doubles tournament of the London Olympics.